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agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Item(s)
In 1951 to 1953, unassociated
funerary objects and objects of cultural
patrimony were removed from the sites
of Birnirk, Nuvuk, and the Brower Grave
site near Point Barrow in North Slope
Borough, AK. The objects were
recovered during archeological
excavations authorized under an
Antiquities Act permit and directed by
Wilbert Carter of the Peabody Museum,
Harvard University. The collections
were returned to the Peabody Museum,
were transferred for a time to Tufts
University, and were returned to the
Peabody Museum by Mr. Carter in 1984.
The archeological collections were
transferred to a Department of the Navy
contract facility in Conshohocken, PA in
2006, and in 2011, the objects were
transferred to the Museum of the North,
University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
The four unassociated funerary
objects were retrieved from the ‘‘Brower
Grave Site, Barrow,’’ and include three
pottery sherds and one antler arrow
point. The four objects from the Brower
Grave Site were evidently recovered
from the surface, as there is no
indication that the grave was excavated.
Two objects of cultural patrimony (a
wooden mask from Mound 5 and an
ivory drum handle with an effigy end
from Midden H) were removed in July
1952 from the Nuvuk site on Point
Barrow. One object of cultural
patrimony (a small wooden mask from
Mound Q) was removed in 1951 at the
Birnirk site near Point Barrow. All three
objects were evaluated during the
NAGPRA consultation process and
determined to be objects of cultural
patrimony.
The wooden mask from Nuvuk
Mound 5 was considered during the
consultation to have reflected dance
ceremonies probably within a karigi, a
nexus of whale hunting activity and
broader social interaction. Robert
Spencer (The North Alaskan Eskimo,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
171 (1959), pages 293–294) discussed
masks as follows: ‘‘These were never too
important in the North Alaskan Eskimo
areas . . . . The masks which were used
were principally dance masks. There
may have been a concept of
supernatural impersonation but
certainly, it is not well developed. A
suggestion of this appears in the dances
associated with the whaling feasts . . . .
The mask was a simple wooden face
mask with slits for eyes and mouth.
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. . .’’ The mask from Nuvuk Mound 5
conforms very closely to this
description. Spencer noted that John
Murdoch (Ethnological Results of the
Point Barrow Expedition, Ninth Annual
Report of the Bureau for Ethnology
(1892), pages 366–369) had observed
and illustrated such masks in use in the
Point Barrow area.
The ivory drum handle with an effigy
end from Nuvuk Midden H was
considered to be associated with dance
celebrations that continue to be
practiced on various occasions by
modern inhabitants of the region. This
continuity was emphasized by Wilbert
Carter (Masterpieces of the Peabody
Museum (1978), page 19): ‘‘Eskimos
were also known to carve a lifelike
human face on one end of a drum
handle, the end obscured from view
under the tambourine-type drumhead.
Even modern Eskimos immediately
interpret this and see no contradiction
in the amount of artistic effort exerted
to produce a visage that is hidden from
view. The hidden head is the ‘‘voice’’ of
the drum!’’
The small wooden mask from Birnirk
Mound Q was recovered from an
archeological context that suggested
association with the early Birnirk
period, dating to between A.D. 500 and
700. Such small masks may have served
in shamanistic practices or amulet uses;
they may also have been masks of ‘‘little
people.’’
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of Defense, Department of
Navy
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Department of Navy have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the four objects from the Brower Grave
Site are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the three objects discussed above that
were excavated from the Birnirk and
Nuvuk sites have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native Village of Barrow
Inupiat Traditional Government.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and objects of cultural
patrimony and Native Village of Barrow
Inupiat Traditional Government.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Dave M. Grant, Department of the Navy,
NAVFAC NW., 1101 Tautog Circle,
Suite 102, Silverdale, WA 98315–1101,
telephone (360) 396–0919, email
dave.m.grant@navy.mil, by April 30,
2014. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects and objects of cultural
patrimony to the Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
may proceed.
The U.S. Department of Defense,
Department of the Navy is responsible
for notifying the Native Village of
Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 10, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Oakland Museum of California
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Oakland Museum of
California, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural item listed in this
notice meets the definition of a sacred
object and an object of cultural
patrimony. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim this cultural item should submit
a written request to the Oakland
Museum of California. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural item to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim this cultural item should submit
a written request with information in
support of the claim to the Oakland
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Museum of California at the address in
this notice by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Lori Fogarty, Director,
Oakland Museum of California, 1000
Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607, (510)
318–8400, email
lfogarty@museumca.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate a
cultural item under the control of the
Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, CA that meets the definition of
a sacred object and an object of cultural
patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Item(s)
Between 1897 and 1928, one cultural
item was removed from Wrangell, AK,
by Fred W. Carlyon, a local shop owner.
Carlyon and his sister, Anna Vaughn,
collected the Shtax’ Heen Kwaan
Kaachadi Frog Hat during their time in
Wrangell in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. Later, the hat passed from the
collectors to Dorothy K. Haberman, who
was Miss Vaughn’s daughter. Mrs.
Haberman donated the hat to the
Oakland Museum of California in 1959.
The sacred object/object of cultural
patrimony is a clan crest hat in the
shape of a frog carved from wood and
with copper overlay on formline. The
eyes are overlaid with abalone and the
hat is topped with five woven spruce
root rings.
Oral traditions say that the Tlingit
Indians have inhabited Southeast
Alaska since time immemorial. They
share an identity as a tribe and trace that
identity to multiple ancestral groups.
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´
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The Khaach.adi clan of Xhıxhch’i Hıt
´
(Frog House) of the Shtax Heen Khwaan
(‘‘Wrangell People’’) have origin stories
´
tracing the group from the Naas Heeni
´
(Naas River) to the Shtax Heen (Stikine
River). An ancestress of the clan
obtained rights to the Frog crest on the
´
Shtaxh Heen. The Frog Hat is
considered a sacred object/object of
cultural patrimony because of its status
´
as at.oow—a clan owned object brought
out in ceremonies by a clan appointed
caretaker and an object that could not be
alienated without the consent of the
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entire clan. The Frog Hat, as clan
property, is needed for the present-day
clan members to participate in ongoing
ceremonies.
Determinations Made by the Oakland
Museum of California
Officials of the Oakland Museum of
California have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the cultural item described above is a
specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the cultural item described above has
ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the sacred object/object of
cultural patrimony and the Central
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian
Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim this cultural item
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Lori Fogarty, Director, Oakland Museum
of California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland,
CA 94607, (510) 318–8400, email
lfogarty@museumca.org, by April 30,
2014. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the sacred object/object of
cultural patrimony to the Central
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian
Tribes may proceed.
The Oakland Museum of California is
responsible for notifying the Central
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 4, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Museum of Northern Arizona,
Flagstaff, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Museum of Northern
Arizona, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, has
determined that the cultural items listed
in this notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the
Museum of Northern Arizona. If no
additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
to the Indian tribes stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Museum of Northern Arizona at the
address in this notice by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Elaine Hughes, Collection
Manager, Museum of Northern Arizona,
3103 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff,
AZ 86001, telephone (928) 774–5211
email ehughes@mna.mus.az.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the Museum
of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ, that
meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
All of the cultural objects described
below were removed from private or
state-owned lands in Coconino County,
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Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Oakland Museum of
California
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Oakland Museum of California, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the
definition of a sacred object and an object of cultural patrimony.
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
this cultural item should submit a written request to the Oakland
Museum of California. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer
of control of the cultural item to the lineal descendants, Indian
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim this cultural item should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Oakland
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Museum of California at the address in this notice by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Lori Fogarty, Director, Oakland Museum of California, 1000
Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607, (510) 318-8400, email
lfogarty@museumca.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item under the
control of the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA that meets the
definition of a sacred object and an object of cultural patrimony under
25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Item(s)
Between 1897 and 1928, one cultural item was removed from Wrangell,
AK, by Fred W. Carlyon, a local shop owner. Carlyon and his sister,
Anna Vaughn, collected the Shtax' Heen Kwaan Kaachadi Frog Hat during
their time in Wrangell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Later, the hat passed from the collectors to Dorothy K. Haberman, who
was Miss Vaughn's daughter. Mrs. Haberman donated the hat to the
Oakland Museum of California in 1959. The sacred object/object of
cultural patrimony is a clan crest hat in the shape of a frog carved
from wood and with copper overlay on formline. The eyes are overlaid
with abalone and the hat is topped with five woven spruce root rings.
Oral traditions say that the Tlingit Indians have inhabited
Southeast Alaska since time immemorial. They share an identity as a
tribe and trace that identity to multiple ancestral groups. The
Khaach.[aacute]di clan of Xh[iacute]xhch'i H[iacute]t (Frog House) of
the Shtax H[eacute]en Khwaan (``Wrangell People'') have origin stories
tracing the group from the Naas H[eacute]eni (Naas River) to the Shtax
H[eacute]en (Stikine River). An ancestress of the clan obtained rights
to the Frog crest on the Shtaxh H[eacute]en. The Frog Hat is considered
a sacred object/object of cultural patrimony because of its status as
at.[oacute]ow--a clan owned object brought out in ceremonies by a clan
appointed caretaker and an object that could not be alienated without
the consent of the entire clan. The Frog Hat, as clan property, is
needed for the present-day clan members to participate in ongoing
ceremonies.
Determinations Made by the Oakland Museum of California
Officials of the Oakland Museum of California have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the cultural item
described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by traditional
Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the cultural item
described above has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the sacred
object/object of cultural patrimony and the Central Council of the
Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in
support of the claim to Lori Fogarty, Director, Oakland Museum of
California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607, (510) 318-8400, email
lfogarty@museumca.org, by April 30, 2014. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
sacred object/object of cultural patrimony to the Central Council of
the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes may proceed.
The Oakland Museum of California is responsible for notifying the
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes that this notice
has been published.
Dated: March 4, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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